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INDEX. 



Departure from Guayaquil, 203. 



from Manaos, 308. 



from Maypures, 155. 



from Napo village, 283. 



from Papallacta, 2G7. 



from Para, 323. 



from Quito, 255. 



from San Fernando, 91. 



from Santa Kosa, 284. 



from Urbana, 123. 



from Valencia, 60. 

 Dirt-eating Indians, 125. 

 Dress of Caragualiians, 18. 



Earthquakes, effects of, on inhabit- 

 ants, 17. 



of 1812, 15. 



of 1868, 232. 



traces of, 231. 

 Ecuadorian coast, 200. 

 Edwards, Mr. George, 278. 

 Ega, 305. 



Eggs of turtles, 126. 

 Electric eels, 97. 

 Elevation of Caracas Valley, 4, 10. 



of Llanos, 65. 



of valley of Aragua, 32. 



of Lake Tacarigua, 40. 

 Encampment, 268. 

 Epiphytes, 28. 

 Equiseta, 28, 275. 



Farina, 20. 



Fells oncja, 106. 



Ferns, arborescent, 275. 



Fever, attacked by, 203. 



Fiesta, at Urbana, 113. 



Fiestas, 235. 



Flooded forest, 109, 310. 



Fonte boa, 304. 



Fording rivers, 62. 



Forest, tropical, 47, 51, 69, 74, 195, 



200, 203, 208, 252, 275, 292. 

 Fossil shells, 263. 

 Flowers, absence of, 276. 



coloration of, at high altitudes, 



216. 



Game, scarcity of, 170, 253, 276. 

 Geology of the Kio Negro, 189. 

 Gilbert, sickness of, 84. 

 Glacial phenomona, 299, 300. 

 action, limitation of, 301. 

 Gnats, 131. 



Gold-regions of Guiana, 119. 

 Grasses, arborescent, 72, 204. 

 Guacamayas, 180, 288. 

 Guarana, 313. 

 Guarauda, 213. 



Guayaquil, 201. 



climate of, 202. 



population of, 202. 

 Guayas, scenery upon, 203, 206. 

 Guiana, hills of, 110. 

 Groups of volcanoes, 239. 

 Gymnoti, 97. 



Hacienda, life at, 54. 



of Antisana, 245. 



of Chillo, 236. 



of Itulcachi, 259. 



of Lloa, 246. 



of Mr. Glr.ckler, 44. 

 Hammocks, manufacture of, 170. 

 Hart, Professor, 301. 

 Harvest of turtles' eggs, 127. 

 Hauxwell, Mr., 296. 

 Herbarium, loss of, 34. 

 Hieroglyphics, 46. 

 Higuei-ote, view from, 31. 

 Hondachi, 270. 

 Horses, wild, 94, 263. 

 Houses of Caracas, 12. 

 Howling monkeys, 75. 

 Humboldt, 16. 

 Hummers, 217, 288. 



"leamiaba," 304. 

 Igarapes, 77, 310. 

 Iguanas, 82. 



Inca empire, origin of, 228. 

 Incas, language of, 282. 



poetry of, 282. 



roads of, 262. 

 Indians, Arehidonian, 272. 



beliefs of, 132, 296. 



burial of, 280. 



civilizations of, 262. 



desertion by, 181. 



dirt-eating, 125. 



encampment of, 290. 



festivals of, 280. 



honesty of, 162. 



hospitality of, 224. 



huts of J 129. 



improvidence of, 169. 



language of, 129, 281. 



Napo, 281. 



oddities of, 291. 



ornaments of, 151. 



Otomac, 124. 



taking photographs of, 274. 



Piaroa, 151. 



separation from, 271. 



simplicity of, 132, 303. 



traits of, 267. 



Waraun, 71, 98. 



■weapons of, 145, 146. 



